Mikons: who ARE you? | Web Directions

Design a Mikon and have it included in the Web Directions Mikons set - and get a free t shirt!

A conference is as much about the new people you meet as the ideas and techniques you get to see first hand. That’s why you have a name badge that lets others quickly identify what your name is and who you work for. But who you really are is so much more than that.

Wouldn’t it be great if your name badge could also tell people about those things that are really important to you.

Such as your skills: CSS, HTML, Perl, PHP, Java, Flash, Ajax, Javascript etc etc etc

Or where you’re from: NSW, Qld, Vic?

Whether you followed league, rugby, AFL, soccer?

Whether you are an early bird or a night owl? Clean desk or messy? Desktop or laptop? Coffee or tea?

Mac or Windows? Or Linux?

This is a great use for Mikons

Design your own Mikon

This year at Web Directions South you even get to design your own: here’s how it works.

Go along to the Mikons site and create an account.

Design a Mikon and tag it with wds07. Submit as many as you like, in fact I think the best ones will be those that cover off a set of options, such as “carnivore or vegetarian”. Go here for Mikon ideas.

Just make sure you have the “share” option on the Mikon clicked.

And make sure you do it before midnight on Monday September 3.

The best 50 Mikons will be printed on a sticker set to go in the Web Directions South satchels for everyone to use on their name badges while they are at the conference. Just like these ones from SXSW earlier this year:

The winners will also get a Mikons t shirt. How cool is that?

Mikons you could make

But don’t feel limited by these - you can design a Mikon for anything you like - as long as it’s something we think a few people might use, it’s in the running to go onto the Web Directions Mikon set.

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